"Star Wars" won't hit theaters for another six days, but many would argue the countdown for the Force to return started a week ago.

Forbes' Scott Mendelson called "In the Heart of the Sea" “a pre-Star Wars sacrificial lamb” and suggested Chris Hemsworth’s sea tale may have fared better in March rather than the crowded holiday season.

To make matters worse, this isn’t the first flop of the year from Warner Bros. For a studio, big releases don’t get much more painful or expensive than “Pan” and “Jupiter Ascending,” which both came from Warner Bros. this year.